STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s Tamil community came together to celebrate the 10th annual Harvest Festival, also known as the Traditional Pongal. Organized by the Staten Island Tamil School of ...

In Tamil Nadu, Pongal is not just celebrated—it is cooked, stirred, shared, and savored. The festival feast is the heart of Pongal, where gratitude to nature transforms into flavors that carry ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Sri Lankan Tamil School and community joyously celebrated the annual Pongal festival at PS 54 in Willowbrook on Sunday, Jan. 14, showcasing cultural heritage ...

Pongal is the vibrant harvest festival of South India which is a celebration rooted in gratitude for nature, the sun, and the earth that provides abundance. Observed mainly in Tamil Nadu and other ...

Tamarind Gardens Homestay, a farmstay and cultural retreat in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, has announced that it will host traditional Thai Pongal harvest festival ceremonies in January 2025, ...

Ahead of Pongal festival, vegetable arrivals at the Kamarajar market in Pavoorchatram have picked up, merchants said here on Sunday. Till last month, the arrivals were very limited for multiple ...

Rice shortages in Sri Lanka have disrupted the Hindu Thai Pongal celebrations, hindering the preparation of traditional dishes during the festival. The harvest festival Hindus celebrate on Jan. 14 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to everyone to read Tirukkural, a classic Tamil treatise on various aspects of life. "Today, on Thiruvalluvar Day, paying homage to the versatile ...